This Female Delivery Driver Only Received A $20 Tip On An Order That Cost Close To $1,000
If you have ever worked as a delivery driver, then you know some customers severely under-tip. Even worse, others leave no tip at all.
A security guard who works at an office in Dallas, Texas, recently shared another upsetting delivery story that he hopes many people will take to heart.
While working his shift one day, the man saw a female delivery driver arrive with a massive delivery.
A group of workers on the building’s third floor had placed the order, which included numerous boxes of pizza, wings, breadsticks, and cutlery. The total came out to over nine hundred dollars.
In the man’s office building, delivery drivers typically wait in the main lobby until a contact person comes down to pick up their order. So, while the woman waited, the pair got to talking.
He learned that the woman has children but has been struggling to physically and financially support her family.
The woman had been forced to give up a teaching position in order to have a more flexible childcare schedule. So, her finances have taken a significant hit.
Then, the woman moved on to a positive note– describing her thankfulness for a supposedly-good delivery day.
“She was saying how she had a big order before this and another right afterward. She was really excited and said it was a blessing to be making these big deliveries,” the man recalled.
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Soon after, the contact person arrived, and the man watched as they made the woman carry nearly all of the food upstairs by herself.
In an effort to help, he even took a couple of boxes for the woman before returning to his post.
Later, the woman finally returned to the lobby and showed the man a photo of her delivery setup.
“I got it all up there and set it up real nice for them,” the woman said, “They only tipped me twenty dollars. I just said thank you and left.”
The man felt terrible for her. He immediately asked for her Cashapp and sent her fifty dollars.
The woman hugged him and remained hopeful– saying that she believed his kindness was a sign her day would get better.
Nonetheless, the man wants people to know delivery drivers deserve to be properly compensated.
“If someone is going to whip out a company credit card, make a giant catering order and not even give the minimum eighteen percent tip to the delivery driver who loaded it into their vehicle, used their own gas to deliver it, lugged it upstairs and set it up, you are a total jerk,” the man said.
Have you ever been undertipped? Do you think it is possible to change “tip culture” and ensure that delivery people are rightfully compensated for their hard work?
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